462 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. LUFFA. 
Bryoniæ folio Dill. Hort. Elth. p. 202, tab. 165, fig. 201. — Momor- 
dica operculata Linn. Spec. ed. 2, p. 1433; Lam. Encycl. méth. Dot. 
4, p. 241; Willd. Spec. 4, p. 603; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 311. — 
Cucumis sepium Meyer Prim. fl. Esseq. p. 276; Ser. in DC. L c. 
p. 301; Roem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 76. — C. Anguria Raeusch. ex Steud. 
Nom. ; Rodsch. p. 56 ex Meyer 1. e. (non Linn.). — Momordica pur- 
gans Mart.! Reise in Bras. 2. p. 546; Linnæa, 5, Lit.-Ber. p. 40; 
Rem. l. e. p. 54. — Luffa purgans Mart.! Syst. mat. med. Bras. 
p. 81; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 12, p. 125. — Poppya opercu- 
lata Rom. l. e. p. 59. — Elaterium quinquefidum Hook. et Arn. 
Bot. Beech. p. 292; Roem. l. e. p. 81. — Momordica? quinquefida 
Hook. et Arn. 1. c. p. 424. — Luffa quinquefida Seem. Herald, p. 285. 
Caulis gracilis, scandens, sursum ramosus, glaber, in novella parte 
pariter ac folia amylaceo-adspersus, angulatus, plerumque angulis 
5 cutis, ad folia nonnihil inerassatus. Petiolus gracilis, 2-8 cent. 
longus, leviter scaber, superne sulcatus. Folia supra intense viridia. 
subtus pallidiora, 10-12 cent. longa lataque, in ramis minora, ad 
basim profunde emarginata; sinus basilaris rotundatus, 2-4 cent. 
profundus; nervi ae venæ infra vix prominentes; lobi denticulati, 
medius longior, acuminatus. Cirrhi elongati, villosi. Flores masculi 
et feminei in eadem axilla. Inflorescentia mascula 6-10-flora, 5-8 cent. 
longa, ad basim bracteolata; pedicelli !/,-1'/, cent. longi, ad quar- 
tam partem superiorem pedunculi communis inserti, prope apicem 
articulati, bracteolam ovato-lanceolatam glandulosam 1-2 mill. lon- 
gam prope basim gerentes. Calyx leviter villosus, 4-6 mill. longus. 
tubo brevi, late campanulato, non anguloso, segmentis lanceolatis, 
non carinatis, tubo-triplo longioribus. Petala patula, ovata, acuta. 
trinervia, 8-10 mill. longa, 4-5 mill. lata. Stamina tria, 1 uniloculare, 
cetera bilocularia ; filamenta 2-3 mill. longa, ad basim leviter papil- 
losa. Pistillodium glandula concava. Pedunculus femineus gracilis, 
‘72 cent. longus. Staminodia tria, 1 simplex, 2 bifida, linearia, 
1-2 mill. longa. Ovarium fusiforme, albo-tomentosum, leviter verru- 
cosum, rostrum «equilongum gerens; stylus brevis, leviter trifidus: 
stigmata 3 bicornia, cornubus medio canaliculatis, ad latera stigma- | 
tosa basi peltata confluentibus, corolla brevioribus. Fructus ovato- 
oblongus, mole ovi gallinacei aut paulo major, tactu scaberrimus: 
rostrum gracile, 1-2 cent. longum. Semina brunnea, 9-10 mill. longa. 
4 mill. lata, 1 '/, mill. crassa. 
In Brasiliæ prov. Goyaz inter Cavaleante et Conceicáo (Burchell 
n. 8147 in herb. Kew.); in sepibus ad Barreiras, Serro Frio et 
